Hand camera for the production therewith of small-sized photographs in series



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HAND CAMERA FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREWITH OF SMALL-SHED PHOTOGRAPHS IN SERIES Filed MaICh 20, 1959 3 Sheets-Sheet l IOOO O O O OO O O O Ol Oct. 14, 1941. w. RosENHAFT 2,259,084l

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3 Sheets-Sheet 3 I l m I THe/v 'Rownmf /r-ua am Patented Oct. 14, 1941 HAND CAMERA FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREWITH F SMALL-SIZED PHOTO- GRAPHS IN SERIES Walter Rosenhaft, Rome, Italy Application March zo, 1939, serial No. 262,866 1n nary March 28, 193s 2 Claims.

The cameras for the production of series of small-sized photographs arranged according to postage-stamp sheets in horizontal and vertical rows, have been built hitherto only as studiocameras of great size because the well-known devices characteristic of that camera type and required to shift the lens and the sensitive layer relatively to each other are cumbersome and heavy, and, therefore, absolutely unsuitable for a hand-camera. For these reasons the amateur hitherto could not enjoy the great economy which may be obtained by taking small-sized photographs of said kind. It is the object of my invention to obviate this drawback by means of a new arrangement of the sensitive support in the camera, and by means of a new mechanism for the above mentioned relative displacements.

According to my invention, a flexible quadrangular perforated iilm-sheet is used as sensitive support, and in order to save space this nlm-sheet is introduced in the camera on an arched path, whereby the film is bent approximately on a horizontal middle line, so that in a vertical direction, it takes less than that or at least half the space required in a horizontal direction. The individual photographs o'fthe horizontal rows of this nlm-sheet, bent on two rollers like an endless band, can be exposed owing to a horizontal-shifting of the lens, whereas an intermittent vertical shift of the sensitive support in its guide brings the next horizontal row before the lens until all the rows are lled with photographs.

It is to be understood that the sensitive sheet may have the form of a square as well as of a rectangle and that it would bel also possible to modify the structure of the camera so as to a1- low the use of a long roll-film as sensitive support.

A preferred form of my camera is shown in the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 shows a front view of theA camera;

Fig. 2 is an inner view thereof, partly in section;

Fig. 3 isanother inner view taken along line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken along the line 4-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken along the line 5-5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the camera;

Fig. l shows in detail the transport mechanism of the lens holder;

Figs. 8 and 8a show in front view and in section respectively the inner frame plate;

Figs. 9 and 9a show in side view and iniront view respectively the nlm transport gearing;

Fig. 10 shows the separate parts of the lens holder; and

Fig. 11 shows diagrammatically the connection between the lens holder and the view-finder.

In the hand-camera shown in the figures a turning knob I on the top o1'. the camera casing 91 transmits the rotary movement to a shaft 2 and'to gear wheels 3, 4 and 5, the latter being integral with the sprocket wheel 6 and loose on the pivot l. On the other side of the camera, in a symmetrical position with the sprocket wheel 6, a second sprocket wheel 8 is loosely rotatable on the pivot 9.

The sprocket wheels 6I and 8 are connected by a perforated metal band I0. A bolt II bearing a lever I2 is attached to the joint of said band. The distance between the center I3 of the bolt I2 is exactly equal to the radius of the sprocket wheels 6 and 8. To the lever I2 a small block I4 is fixed, bearing on the two ends loosely mounted rollers I5 and I5' which are free to slide within a guide I6.

The pin I3 constitutinga pivot for lever I2 is fixed to the slidable lens holder Il which is guided by four ball guides I9 Within an inner frame plate I8. Sprocket wheel i, when turned in the aforesaid manner by means of the knob I, moves the band I0, the bolt II, the lever I2 and the lens holder I1.

The sprocket wheels 6 and 8 have such a diameter that the stroke of the lens system or objective 99 from one to the other photograph exactly corresponds to half the periphery of these wheels. The distance between the centers of rotation 'I and 9 must be equal to the gauge of the frame or of the photographs multiplied by their number in a horizontal row of the sensitive support. Therefore the axes of the shafts 1 and 9 are coincident with the middle lines of the ilrst and of the last photograph (see Fig. 2).` Thus in the camera here shown, the objective may occupy ilve different positions a, b, c, d, e (see Fig'. 5). A view iinder 98 may be connected with the lens holder by suitable means as indicated at 93 and movable in a slot 94.

If it is assumed that the parts are originally in the position a, then by rotating the knob I the lens will pass from the one to the other position until the position e is reached. Each frame gauge or pitch corresponds to a 180 rotation of the knob. When the lens has reached its position e themovement is stopped, and the bolt 4II with the lever I2 is exactly in line with stroke which corresponds to the distance between two horizontal rows of photographs.

If the user continues to turn knob I, the lensholder begins its return movement until it reaches the starting point, and so on.

wheel 2l, a block y95 serving to space the exposed from the non-exposed portion of the lm. By turning the knob I, the rollers 20 and 2I will bring the lm in the position for starting the exposure of the first row of photographs.

After the last exposure the knob I is turned in the opposite sense, so as to discharge the ex- The means for moving thesensitive support f v (Fig. 4) essentially consists of two rollers 20 and 2l having sprockets engaging with perforations of the film in order to ensure its correct feed- The roller 20 receives its movement from the knob I and from its shaft 2 by means of a'. gearing formed by the worm 22, the .wheel 23, the toothed segment 2Q, the pinion 25, the wheel 26 and thepinion 2l integral Y'with the roller 20. The upper roller Z0 'is"further connected with the lower roller 2i by means of the gear wheels 28, 29, 30, 3l.

The toothed segment 26 is so designed that its teeth cover anarc of 36%=12".. By means'of the wormv22 and the wheel 23 the toothed segment turns once for each l2.5 rotations ofthe knob l. The toothed segment 2Q is engaging .the pinion 25 exactly when the lens holder reaches one of the end lpositions. The gear-rings 22, 23, 2d, '25, 26, 2l, and the diameter of the roller 20 are so dimensionedthat a rotation of 180 of the knob I corresponds exactly to the movement from one to the next row of photographs. In this manner the sensitive `support is moved always at the time when the lens-holder, having reached its end position, is stationary.V

For the introduction of the sensitive support velvet trap 32 or the like, with which a magazine containing the non-exposed fllms or a magamagazine will forward the end of the iilm until the perforations are engaged by the sprocket posed hlm. y

What I claim is:

l. A hand-camera for producing series of small-sized photographs, arranged in horizontal rows and vertical lines on a sensitive support by using a horizontally movable lens and a vertically movable quadrangular sensitive support, comprising means for the. alternating horizontal movements of the lens holder, means for the periodical vertical movement of the sensitive support, means for suspending the Ahorizontal movements of the lens holder during the verticalv movement of the sensitive support, means for the exposure of the single fields of the sensitive supportwhile protecting the other fields, lighttight means for the introduction and the discharge ofthe sensitive support and guide means for bending the sensitive support by 180 approximately on a horizontal middle line of the said support.

2. A hand-camera for producing series of small-'sized photographs, arranged in horizontal rows and vertical lines on a sensitive support by using a horizontally' movable lens 'and a vertically movable quadrangular sensitive support, l

comprising means for the alternating horizontal movements of th'elens holder, means for the periodical vertical 'movementof the sensitive supportl meansfor suspending the horizontal in the camera therek is provided a slot 96 and a movements of the lens holder during the vertical movement of the `sensitive support,v means for the exposure of the single ields of the sensitive support While protecting the other4 fields, light-tight means for the introduction andthe discharge of the sensitive support and guide means for bending the sensitive support by approximately on a horizontal middle line of the said support, all these means being moved by a single knob.

WALTER ROSENHAFT. 

